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STS-106 EVA Activity Note: Overall STS-106 operations are covered on a separate page. [Overview Source: STS-106 Press Kit [Adobe Acrobat] On the fourth day of Atlantis' flight, Mission Specialists Ed Lu and Yuri Malenchenko will venture outside into the Shuttle's cargo bay to begin the sixth space walk in support of the assembly of the International Space Station (ISS) and the 50th space walk in Shuttle history. Lu, designated EV 1, will be making his first space walk and will wear the space suit marked by red stripes. Malenchenko, who conducted two space walks totaling 12 hours during his 1994 flight aboard the Russian Mir Space Station, is designated EV 2 and will wear the pure white suit. The main objective of the planned 6 1/2 hour space walk by Lu and Malenchenko is to attach a 6-foot long magnetometer and boom to a port on the newly arrived Russian Zvezda Service Module. The magnetometer will serve as a type of navigation tool, or compass, using data acquired from the Earth's magnetic field to "tell" Zvezda's computers how it is oriented in relation to the Earth. In doing so, Zvezda's propellent usage will be minimized in maintaining the orientation of the ISS until the arrival in January of the U.S. Laboratory Destiny, which will take over attitude control, or orientation, of the ISS through the Station's Control Moment Gyroscopes. With Mission Specialist Rick Mastracchio operating the Shuttle's robot arm and under the watchful eye of space walk choreographer Dan Burbank, who will both work at Atlantis' aft flight deck, Lu and Malenchenko will ride the Canadian-built arm as far as it will take them, about 50 feet above Atlantis' cargo bay. Then they will use tethers and handrails along the ISS' modules to make their way to a point more than 100 feet above the cargo bay for the magnetometer installation, the farthest any tethered space walker has ventured outside a Shuttle. This portion of the space walk should take about an hour and a half. Lu and Malenchenko will be twice as high above the bay as were Story Musgrave and Jeff Hoffman during the STS-61 mission when they mounted the top of the Hubble Space Telescope to replace its magnetometers. Once the magnetometer hook up is complete, electrical, data and television cables between the newly arrived Zvezda Service Module and the Zarya Control Module to which Zvezda is docked will be connected. In all, nine cables will be rigged between the two spacecraft in a procedure expected to last almost three hours.
STS-106 Materials
This NASA document contains a detailed list of the 168 specific pieces of hardware to be used during the STS-106 EVAs. Included are item descriptions, part and serial numbers, quantity, weight, date first used, stowage requirments, and the name of the responsible NASA engineer.
This spreadsheet contains a detailed listing of all of the parts of the 3 EMUs carried on the STS-106 mission. Included are an item description, part numbers, weight, volume, stowage location, and quantity flown. Space Shuttle References
This document provides an overal description of spacesuit and life support operations, tools, and procedures for space walks conducted from the Space Shuttle. Space Station References
According to this document's introduction "these crew procedures contain operation information on Orlan--M Space Suit, Orlan Interface Unit, SM and FGB pressure control devices during setup and A/L operations in SM in SM-FGB-NODE configuration. These crew procedures are intended for trained crewmembers who have completed the full training course and simulations. These crew procedures may be updated pending hardware modifications and procedure validation process. Duration of operations is approximate."
According to this document's introduction "These crew procedures contain information on Orlan-M Space Suit and Orlan Interface Unit operation. These crew procedures are intended for trained crew members who have completed the full training course and simulations. These crew procedures may be updated pending systems modification and procedure validation at simulators and training facilities. Duration of operations is approximate."
This document contains an overview of all of the EVAs to be performed during the assembly of the International Space Station. Tasks are described as well as suit type to be used (EMU or ORLAN), and which airlock(s) will be used.
According to this document's introduction "This plan identifies the procedures that will be followed by CTSD and contractor personnel to provide real-time support for Space Shuttle flights that involve scheduled, unscheduled or contingency EVA activities. Interfaces with other supporting contractors or organizations are given. Details involving mission support provided by these organizations must be obtained from the mission support plans, which they generate and publish. The scope of this plan is to describe the overall participation of CTSD/NASA and EMU/EVA personnel, their assigned organizational support areas and to delineate those functions and responsibilities during real time EVA activities. This plan is applicable for all shuttle missions. Mission specific details and personnel assignments will be provided as an appendix to this document ten days prior to a planned launch." |
